Clothesline connection



S. J. WALASCHEK CLOTHESLINE CONNECTION March 1-5, 192 1,620,928

Filed D9015, 1926 Inventar S. M PVaZasc/zek Patented Mar! 15,1927. I

The present invention relates to a clothes line connection'and aims to provide adevice of this nature for holding theen ds of Clothes lines together althoigh it may be used to hold other ropes, or the like, together.

Another important object of the invention lies in the provision of a device of this najture whichniay be manufactured-at a very low cost because of its exceedinglysimple construction. V 4 V V 7 Another important object of the invention lies in the provision ofa device of this na- -ture which is thoroughly efficient and reliable in use, easy to manipulate, strongland durable, and otherwisewell adaptedto the purpose for which it is designed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will be more apparent with the fol lowing description, this invention cons sts essentially in certain novel features of con.-

' struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed. v a 7 In the .further disclosure ofthe invention reference is to'be had to the accompanying 7 sheet of drawings constituting a part of this specification and in which like characters of reference designate the same or corresponding parts in all; the views.

arcuate bightportion 7 and legs 8'which are In the drawings:

showing the same .in use,

.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section there-l through, V 1

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of'the engaging clamp.

The present invention is to be used the identical same manner as therdevice shown in Letters Patent No. 1,546,523 issued to me ouJuly 21, 1925, and like the device shown in said patent it consists generally of-a chain I or flexible member 5 having rope-engaging means A' at each end thereof. As thesemeans A are duplicates only one is illus trated in the drawing; The novelty of the invention lies more particularly in the en.

gaging means A. This means includes a U-shaped engaging clamp 6 including an normally sprung outwardly in a divergent relationship as is shown clearly in F gure 3.

The terminals of the legs 8 are bent inwardly V as indicated at 9 and are sharpened to bite into the rope 10 as'is clearly illustrated in Figure 1 is an elevation of the device Fig- 1- and In order to 8 'into substantial parallelism, that is, into en gaging position, I'utilize a cylinder ll'the ends of which are directed inwardly as is indicated at 12 so as to obtain a biting engagement on the outer surfaces of the legs 8 of the engaging clamp 6. The outer surfaces of these'legs 8 are transversely curved 1 concentrically with the curvature of they feathered edges of the inturned ends 12. It i will be seen that by sliding the cylinder'll" towards the bight 7 theextremities of the legs 8 will free themselves from engagement with the ropelO or'be put into such a positionso that the end of the rope may be 1nserted between the1egs8. Ifit; is desired -to engage the device on a rope the end is placedin' between the legs 8 and the cylinder is slid towards the bent in ends 8 until they are imbedded into the ropeas is indicated to advantage in" Figure 2 and 1 when in this position the feathered inturned edges 12-will bite into the outer surfaces of the legs 8 4 so. as to prevent the accidental displacement of thecylinder 11.

From the above detailed decsription it will be seen that I have devised an exceedingly simple device ofthis nature which is capable of being manufactured and placed on the market at a very small cost. *In spite of thesimplicityiof the structureof this device it will be nevertheless noted that it may be made strongand durable. is easyto manipulate, very conven ent, and otherwise, Well adapted to the "purpose for which it is designedJ r V The numerous advantages of a device ofthis nature constructed in accordance with the foregoing invention will be perfectly clear without further explanation or description and it will also be obvious that the present embodiment of the invention is particularly useful for the purpose hereinbefore specified.

While ferred embodiment of my invention it will beobvious that the same is susceptible of minor changes and modification with-out departing from the principle and scope thereof and for the foregoing reasons I wish it hereby clearly understood that I do. not limit myself to. the precise arrangement and for 'mation of the several parts shown'but con- I haveshown and described a-vpre- V sider myself at liberty to make such detailed changes and variations therein as fairly lie within the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: v v

1. A device of the class described including a U-shaped engaging clamp having in-.

turned extremities and legs normally diverging outwardly towards their extremities, and a cylinder having inturned feathered edges at both ends slidably mounted over the legs of the clamp. i V

2. A device of the class described including a U-shaped engaging clamp having in-' turned extremities and legs normally diverging outwardly towards theirextremities, and I a cylinder having inturned feathered edges at both ends slidably mounted over-the legs of the clamp, the outer surface of the legs of the clamp being transverselycurved con- 20 SAMUEL J. WALASCHEK. 

